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A Plea for Traditional and Multicultural Education—Our Children Deserve Both

By Joy C. Dingle Joy C. Dingle is an independent K–16 education consultant in the Washington, DC, area. She...
February 5, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Want to Build Knowledge, Skills, and Grit? Assign History Research Papers

By Samantha Wesner Samantha Wesner is the managing editor of The Concord Review, which publishes high school students’ research...
January 28, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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“Et tu, Mrs. McCarthy?”

By Bridgit McCarthy Bridgit McCarthy teaches third grade at New Dimensions, a public charter school in Morganton, North Carolina....
January 22, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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For Equity, for Kids, for Democracy—Let’s Create a Model District with a Well-Rounded Curriculum

Last week, I shared that the Core Knowledge Foundation is seeking a courageous district to partner with. A district...
January 15, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Wanted: A District with the Courage to Close the Gap

I’m not one to do New Year’s resolutions—why set myself up for failure? But I do like to take...
January 8, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Exceeding Expectations in Louisiana

By Debbie Jenkins Debbie Jenkins is the elementary curriculum and instruction supervisor of Bogalusa City Schools in Louisiana. This...
October 31, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation
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New Leaders in Literacy

It used to be that advocating for building broad knowledge with a content-rich curriculum in the early grades was...
October 22, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Smarter Balanced Confuses Fairness and Validity

Over the past two weeks, we’ve looked the ETS guidelines for fair assessments that PARCC adopted, as well as...
October 15, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation
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PARCC Demonstrates the Benefits of Broad Knowledge

Last week I explored the “ETS Guidelines for Fairness Review of Assessments.” These guidelines were adopted by PARCC, so...
October 8, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Reading Test Developers Call Knowledge a Source of Bias

You might expect to see a headline like this in the Onion, but you won’t. The Onion can’t run...
October 1, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation